Customer Showcase - 1969 Chevelle Windshield Channel Replacement

When it comes to tackling big projects like the restoration
of a 1969 Chevelle with rust, it helps if you have a background in it. Allison Raffell’s uncle was a mechanic by
trade and had his own shop which happened to be next door to her while growing
up. She admits to sneaking in there to
see what they were doing and soon found herself as the helper and a doer!

Nine years ago she bought this 1969 Chevelle and used it as
a driver until a few years ago when she began to restore it. In another case of the too many times told
story of it sitting in one shop waiting its turn she finally retrieved and sent
to another shop, Allison didn’t give up!
The car was re-quartered, but the roof skin was OK, so when it came to
the windshield she turned to Belden Speed & Engineering for our 1968-1972
top windshield channels.

The top windshield channel in this 1969 was perforated with
rust, but the roof skin itself was good, so the old one cut out and our new
channels installed (6872-DSWLD & 6872-PSWLD). The car is now at the paint shop for the
final piece of the puzzle ready to put into place. The plan is Hugger Orange and with a worked
small block mated to a Turbo 350 this Chevelle is something we’ll need to see
when it’s done!